Mortality rate, infant in Malawi
Malawi: Mortality rate, infant was 38 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Malawi, 1961–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 38 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, infant in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Malawi peaked at 165.9 per 1,000 live births in 1969 and was at its lowest, 38 per 1,000 live births, in 2018.
Malawi ranks 29th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 165 per 1,000 live births | 163.8 per 1,000 live births | 165.9 per 1,000 live births | 9 |
| 1970s | 152.44 per 1,000 live births | 136 per 1,000 live births | 165.1 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 133.77 per 1,000 live births | 128.9 per 1,000 live births | 138.4 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 118.72 per 1,000 live births | 104.5 per 1,000 live births | 134 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.32 per 1,000 live births | 53.7 per 1,000 live births | 138.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.19 per 1,000 live births | 38 per 1,000 live births | 51.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.3 per 1,000 live births | 38 per 1,000 live births | 38.6 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Malawi?
- Mortality rate, infant in Malawi was 38 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 165.9 per 1,000 live births in 1969.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 per 1,000 live births in 2018.
- How does Malawi rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Malawi ranks 29th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.